The Structure Sensor gives mobile devices the ability to capture and understand the world in three dimensions.
With the Structure Sensor attached to your mobile device, you can walk around the world and instantly capture it in a digital form. This means you can capture 3D maps of indoor spaces and have every measurement in your pocket. You can instantly capture 3D models of objects and people for import into CAD and for 3D printing. You can play mind blowing augmented reality games where the real world is your game world.
If you’re a developer, Structure gives you the ability to build mobile applications that interact with the three dimensional geometry of the real world for the very first time. You can even launch your app on the App Store!
The Structure Sensor is available in your choice of two anodized aluminum colors: Ice Blue and Silver.
Early reactions.
"It's like giving some sort of a superpower to average-joe devices." Daniel Suarez, Author of Daemon & Freedom™
"New senses are going to make possible new applications." Tim O'Reilly, Founder & CEO of O'Reilly Media
"We can't wait to play with one of these around the Makerbot office.” Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot
“For me the challenge has been in creating 3D objects. This completely obliterates that challenge." Josh Levine, VP of Engineering at Shapeways.com
“I really like how this device was designed from the beginning to be open and hackable because we don't know which way it's going to go." Dr. Gary Bradski, President & CEO of OpenCV
“A very important aspect of this device is that you don’t need a Ph.D. in computer vision to develop an application." Dr. Gerard Medioni, Professor of Computer Vision at USC
Smart design, exciting features.
The Structure Sensor has been designed from the ground up to be mobile. We put a lot of thought into making the Structure Sensor work perfectly with the iPad and other mobile devices. The goal was to make a device that enabled incredible 3D sensing applications, was easy to use, had great battery life, was compact, and looked like beautiful, precision hardware.
Range
The Structure Sensor has a mobile-optimized range that begins at 40 centimeters and stretches to over 3.5 meters. This means it can easily capture anything from a teddy bear to an entire room.
Battery-powered
The Structure Sensor has its own onboard power supply that provides up to 4 hours of active use, and 1000+ hours of standby. That means you don’t have to limit where you go or what you do because of a cord tethering you to one place – and it also won’t drain the battery in your iPad.
Anodized aluminum chassis
The Structure Sensor chassis is machined out of a single piece of high-grade aluminum that serves as both a beautiful exterior and as a thermal core that keeps the precision optics inside at an optimal temperature. It’s also anodized for a high-end finish. At its top, the Structure Sensor has a chemically hardened glass surface that optimizes the depth image quality, while also protecting the infrared emitter and camera inside.
Dual infrared LEDs
Unlike the IR structured light projector, the IR LEDs emit a uniform light that allows you to capture the world in infrared.
What does this mean in plain terms? With Structure Sensor, your iPad has night vision.
iPad camera on left. On the right, Structure IR vision + IR LEDs = night vision!
And you'll also notice that in infrared, the world looks a little different than you expect.
Some materials reflect infrared light in unexpected ways. Look at the brown chair!
You'll have full control over the IR LEDs from the SDK. Maybe you want to have two Structure Sensors invisibly signal each other. Or perhaps you want to create an augmented reality haunted house app where infrared ghosts scare the beejezus out of people as they walk around in pitch darkness. It’s up to you!
The iPad (4th generation) is officially supported, and will have a corresponding bracket for Structure that quickly and securely connects it with a precision aluminum latch.
We have just announced support for the new Apple iPad Air and Apple iPad mini with Retina display that were launched on October 22nd, 2013.
While not officially supported, the Structure Sensor can stream data to any iOS device that uses the Lightning connector – such as iPad mini, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, etc. Any of these devices can be used to develop applications for the Structure Sensor.
Attach your bracket to your Structure Sensor with 4 screws (included).
Included demo applications.
Note: Demo apps are iOS only.
Our team has been hard at work creating fun, functional demo applications for iOS that will let you experience the Structure Sensor’s capabilities right out of the box.
1. Room Capture: Easily capture a 3D model of a room by simply spinning around with your Structure Sensor and iPad. Then, tap any two points to retrieve distances.
2. Fetch: A virtual pet to play fetch with in the physical world around you.
3. Ball Physics: An augmented reality demo where virtual balls interact with the dense geometry of the world.
4. Object Scanner: Capture models of objects and export them to CAD software or for 3D printing. You can also upload models directly to Shapeways.com for 3D printing.
Scanned using the Object Scanner demo app v0.4 (October 4th)
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